Monitors the presence of Virtual Guest Services (VGS)
The Virtual Machine VGS monitor indicates whether Virtual Guest Services (VGS) are detected within the virtual machine.
An unhealthy state indicates that the virtual machine does not have Virtual Guest Services installed.
Install Virtual Guest Services extensions in the virtual machine.
Target | Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.VirtualMachine | ||
Parent Monitor | System.Health.AvailabilityState | ||
Category | AvailabilityHealth | ||
Enabled | True | ||
Alert Generate | True | ||
Alert Severity | Error | ||
Alert Priority | Normal | ||
Alert Auto Resolve | True | ||
Monitor Type | Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.2012.TwoStatesMonitorType | ||
Remotable | True | ||
Accessibility | Public | ||
Alert Message |
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RunAs | Default |
<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.2012.VMVGSInstalledMonitor" Accessibility="Public" Target="VMMBase!Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.VirtualMachine" TypeID="Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.2012.TwoStatesMonitorType" ParentMonitorID="SystemHealth!System.Health.AvailabilityState">
<Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>
<AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.2012.VMVGSInstalledMonitor.AlertMessage">
<AlertOnState>Error</AlertOnState>
<AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>
<AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>
<AlertSeverity>Error</AlertSeverity>
<AlertParameters/>
</AlertSettings>
<OperationalStates>
<OperationalState ID="VMVGSInstalledHealthy" MonitorTypeStateID="Success" HealthState="Success"/>
<OperationalState ID="VMVGSInstalledCritical" MonitorTypeStateID="Error" HealthState="Error"/>
</OperationalStates>
<Configuration>
<IntervalSeconds>7200</IntervalSeconds>
<TimeoutSeconds>300</TimeoutSeconds>
<ErrorExpression>
<And>
<Expression>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="String"/>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator CaseSensitive="false">Equal</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="String">$Target/Property[Type="VMMBase!Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.VirtualMachine"]/VGS$</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</Expression>
<Expression>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="String">Running</Value>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator CaseSensitive="false">Equal</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="String">$Target/Property[Type="VMMBase!Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.VirtualMachine"]/State$</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</Expression>
</And>
</ErrorExpression>
<SuccessExpression>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="String"/>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator CaseSensitive="false">NotEqual</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="String">$Target/Property[Type="VMMBase!Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.VirtualMachine"]/VGS$</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</SuccessExpression>
</Configuration>
</UnitMonitor>